I want to change the color of the text in a QLabel dynamically. I have defined the color and style of the QLabel in the ui file and I want to change it when a certain event takes place. I want to change the color without changing any other style of my QLabel.
I have found several answers adressing the issue of changing text color in a QLabel (1, 2, 3) and they all use the function setStyleSheet. This function works fine but it changes my font size and other styles related to the QLabel.
I have seen that the problem is related to setStyleSheet ignoring any previous style. The solution proposed there involves retrieving all the styles I want to maintain and setting them again together with the text color change.
This is cumbersome and difficult to maintain. If more styles were defined in the future I would need to review this part of the code to be able to reset all of them.
I would like to be able to change QLabel text color without altering any other syle. Is it possible?
setPalette
function? – SimonStyle sheets let you perform all kinds of customizations that are difficult or impossible to perform using QPalette alone. If you want yellow backgrounds for mandatory fields, red text for potentially destructive push buttons, or fancy check boxes, style sheets are the answer.
maybe its the best solution... – SimonsetPalette
works fine. I am worried about the portability issues mentioned in the answer I have posted. – fa__